# Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified at Ardent Mills, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024065843` · 6/29/2024 · COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Heavy rail vehicles  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Ardent Mills, LLC
- **Location:** 4545 East 64th Ave., COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO, 80022
- **NAICS:** 311211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the beginning stage of loading a bulk railcar. They were attaching the loading hose to the loading hatch. As they aligned the loading hose to the hatch, their ring finger was pinched in the connection point. The fingertip was amputated, but was later reattached.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*